Store Misaligned Vector with Permute

A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs operations comprising:

• configuring at least one multiplexer located within a data path between a vector register file in a processor and a memory array;
• receiving a store vector instruction specifying at least one vector register containing vector data and a target memory address;
• misaligning the vector data as it passes through the at least one multiplexer;
• and
• storing the misaligned vector data in the memory array at a memory location specified by the target memory address.

A system, comprising a plurality of processors communicably coupled with one another, wherein each processor comprises:

• a register file comprising a plurality of registers;
• a memory array;
• logic configured to receive a store-misaligned-vector instruction specifying at least one source register and a target memory address in the memory array, and wherein the logic is configured to execute the store-misaligned-vector instruction by transferring vector data from at least one location of the at least one source register to the one or more locations of the target memory address;
• and
• a store permute unit in a data path between the register file and the memory array configured to misalign the vector data as it is transferred from at least one location of the at least one source register to the one or more locations of the target memory address.